Social Roundup: Fans and Journalists React to First IN THE HEIGHTS Screenings

#InTheHeightsMovie is the movie we need right now. After finishing it, I immediately wanted to watch it again. The talent explodes off the screen & the joy leaps into your heart. Ecstatic to see so much Latinxcellence on the big screen. Proud ? @jonmchu @ChrisLXD @alicebrooks

- Harry Shum Jr (@HarryShumJr) April 16, 2021

I saw @intheheights last night... it was EVERYTHING I wanted it to be and so much more. It is EPIC, authentic, funny, incredibly moving, and gorgeous. Beautifully directed by @jonmchu. The cast is ??! @TheOlgaMerediz is a revelation. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/YgywOkRgIr

- Melissa Fumero (@melissafumero) April 16, 2021

#InTheHeights is gorgeous and has a dynamite opening. Latino voices have arrived (we were already here).

If you loved Yuh-Jung Youn this year, get ready to fall in love with Olga Merediz, the first supporting actress contender of the year. Leslie Grace is another breakout! . pic.twitter.com/4nOwhCZ3IW

- Clayton Davis (@AwardsCircuit) April 15, 2021

.@jonmchu's #InTheHeightsMovie is bursting with life, love & music, augmenting the power of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical, transforming it into a joyful cinematic experience. Deeply compelling & beautifully realized, it's the film you'll wanna mark your return to theaters to see. pic.twitter.com/WBcTWDZmW5

- Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) April 15, 2021

I screened @jonmchu's @intheheights early, and it is a really good love letter to Washington Heights & following your dreams. The vibrant dance sequences & melodic tunes sway you through & through. A really beautiful display of Latinx culture #InTheHeightsMovie #InTheHeights pic.twitter.com/pQ09wMRrly

- Kay-B (@TheLadyKayB) April 15, 2021

Got an early look at #InTheHeightsMovie. Never saw the musical, knew almost nothing about it, but I was totally floored by the love and life bursting from this movie. @jonmchu directed the hell out of it. I hope people get to (safely) see it on a big screen. If not, TURN IT UP.

- Angry Asian Man (@angryasianman) April 15, 2021

We got to see an early screening of #InTheHeightsMovie and as someone who LOVES the musical I was absolutely enchanted! Anthony Ramos is a sexy lil nugget as Usnavi and Olga Merediz and Daphne Rubin-Vega were outstanding! So joyful and passionate. I hope people love it.

- roxane gay (@rgay) April 16, 2021

last #InTheHeightsMovie tweet from me until it comes out in June; if this movie doesn't make you smile/cry/feel any emotion, you have no concept of joy. this will be THE movie of the summer.

- hayley "the coldplaywright" st. james ?a??i?? (@hayleystjames) April 16, 2021

My first break since this morning was to get up to welcome FedEx that brought me a fantastic "bodega" box from @wbpictures to celebrate #intheheightsmovie pic.twitter.com/PPz7cGaad5

- Luis A. Miranda, Jr. (@Vegalteno) April 15, 2021

Thoughts on #InTheHeightsMovie - social embargo just lifted. @jonmchu is the best thing to happen to musical films in a long time. He builds on his work in CRA and blends visual extravagance with grounded tales of a joyful community.

- Alex Wood (@AlexLukeWood) April 15, 2021

Olga Merediz who plays Abuela Claudia in #InTheHeightsMovie has been breathing life into this character since the stage version for which she got a Tony nomination. Her character represents an older generation of immigrants who paved the way for many of us with paciencia y fe. pic.twitter.com/S2uikxUYfn

- Carlos Aguilar (@Carlos_Film) April 15, 2021

Social embargo is up so I'm shouting from my metaphorical fire escape: #InTheHeights is the big, splashy movie-musical I was hoping it'd be. It's joyful, it will make you want to dance and sing (and cry if you're me!). I want to see it again ASAP on the biggest screen possible.

- Jessica Derschowitz (@jessicasara) April 15, 2021

Just watched an early screening of #InTheHeights and I cannot stop SOBBINGGGG. The community, the support, the representation, the LOVE! Can't wait to watch this in theatres this summer thank you @jonmchu!! Hear me, SAG best ensemble and Olga Merediz for best supporting actress! pic.twitter.com/is6WSqGodI

- kelly ng (@ItsKellyNg) April 16, 2021

#InTheHeights is everything i've ever wanted in a stage-to-screen adaptation bc it showcases the spectacle of musical theater by unapologetically using the bolder tools of film. it's v clear that @jonmchu respects both mediums equally, as he brought out the best of each ?

- Ashley Lee (@cashleelee) April 16, 2021

Some behind the scenes pictures were shared during the end credits of the conversation after the #InTheHeightsMovie early screening today! pic.twitter.com/NHrB3BAcGR

- MK (@loveforlin) April 16, 2021

Thank God I had the excellent guidance of @intheheights director @jonmchu to rely on. His expertise allowed me to do my best work. #goodDirection is everything.#InTheHeightsMovie #@hbomax #intheheights #onlocation pic.twitter.com/GvVTkqiAyE

- Olga Merediz (@TheOlgaMerediz) April 15, 2021

I have been waiting so long for this social embargo to lift to say: #InTheHeights is a spectacular ray of joy during a dark time, a tour de force of musical direction by @jonmchu with a killer cast, and my only sorrow is that I didn't see it first on a huge-ass screen. pic.twitter.com/LU2oAg2gqt

- Jeff Yang (@originalspin) April 15, 2021

As a Nuyorican theatre kid who lived in Washington Heights for a while, #InTheHeights truly gave me chills. It captures the vibrant Latino community while celebrating both where you're from and where you're going. A bit long at times, but brilliant music, references, and visuals. pic.twitter.com/yl86ZzfQ5E

- Kristen Maldonado (@kaymaldo) April 16, 2021

Time to talk about #InTheHeights! It's hard to express how deeply Leslie Grace's performance of "Breathe" resonated w/ me. Brought me to tears, y'all. ? That idea of being your parents' American dream is something every child of immigrants-regardless of culture-can relate to. pic.twitter.com/9FsrWRndtH

- Charlene Joy Jimenez (@charlizzle) April 16, 2021

I've seen #InTheHeights & it's terrific in every way imaginable. I truly think it is among the greatest New York movies ever made. Bursting w/ life & love & spectacular music, it's a celebration of community & honoring where you're from while figuring out where you're going next. pic.twitter.com/755P2KT0Eq

- Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 15, 2021